Innovation Crossroads cohort one is winding down. Here are updates on their progress.
When you were selected for the inaugural cohort of ORNL's "Innovation Crossroads" program, how would you describe the state of your technology and where you were in standing-up a start-up?At the time we were selected, we had just filed the legal framework for setting-up a start-up and were still working through a lot of the market analysis. We had demonstrated initial proof of concept at Vanderbilt for the use of the technology to produce carbon nanotubes ~ 23 nm in diameter.
Now, more than three-fourths of the way through the two-year experience, how would you answer the question?We learned a LOT through customer discovery during the first six months of the program, which led to a pivot from our initial technical focus, and are now fully committed to scaling the technology in the next 12 months and getting samples out into the marketplace. At this point, we have doubled our team with the addition of two full-time team members who have been instrumental in the technical progress we've made towards scaling our electrochemical growth process.
Read more at Teknovation.biz. Here are updates from Active Energy Systems and Yellowstone Energy.


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The priority is assigned by the developer only. The task of tester is to assign the seveiority of the bug.
Tester will assign the priority of the bug depending upon the blocking the application while testing as end user.
The tester assigns the priority of the bug according to the timeframes defined by the business or clients.
Test Lead will assign the severity and priority of any bug, tester is not concerned about this, he is responsible only to report the bud to test lead.
Tester detects the bugs and assigns Severity to the bug and the Test lead will assign the Priority when to Test.
You are correct. Also the priority and severity is pre-defined in the PMP (project management planning) document by the Project manager and QA lead.
Plz can i know which answer is correct?
Priority is the urgency of fixing, given by the developer.
The severity and priority of the bug is totally depending on the company level. If you have a very good knowledge on the application then you give the severity and priority of the bug. Generally senior most members give both of them to the bug.
* Severity of the Bug is assigned by the Tester. How sever the bug is ? For example if the Error occuring is Blocking the Furture Process or Functional Error, its severity is high, obviously Tester should explain it.
* In Normal Priority is given by the Development Lead. Bug having Severity High will be Considered first.
Priority can be set by the tester but the sole descretion lies with the project manager who can consult the Team leads, client or the stake holders.
Because its ultimatley the development team who has to fix the defect so when and by whom to fix the bug is decided by project manager.
Severity can play a role in deciding the priority of bug but we cannot say that they both are directly proportional, there's a vast difference between the two.
The tester assigns the Severity to the bug.
But it is upto the Business/Client who decide the priority based on their business needs and requirements.
Based on the Priority given by the Business, the developers try to fix the bugs in that order.
Suppose for a page, sort results functionality is available. If that is not working properly, the testers assign it a higher severity.
But the business decides that for the time being it can keep the sort functionality aside, then it assigns it a low Priority.
The developers then react to the priority and then go about fixing the higher priority bugs.
Severity means the seriousness of defect interms of functionality. Tester will assign severity to the bug.
Priority - DeveloperDev team is the responsible for assigning the priority depends on the client requirement.
Sev:TesterTesting Team is the responsible for assigning the sev depends on the productproject leakage.
In my view when the testing work start in the company. Firstly each and every module check by the tester if he fonud bug so he decide the priority and severty of that particular bug. After that that bug send to the (TTL) then he check the bug sev/pri then he give to the developer.
MJ is right to some extent.
First of all the developer has nothing to do with Severity or Priority, he only has to fix the bug.
Second, The tester can assign the priority only in some cases and not always. Lets suppose if there's a bug which is blocking the testing of a functionality, and until that bug is fixed the tester cannot test the functionality. In that case the tester can assign a priority to the bug as high since it needs urgent attention.
While Generally the Project Manager or the the Project Management team (business users) assigns the priority. The the test lead can give inputs to the project manager and based on those inputs the priority can be assigned.
I hope this can make things clear.
Priority depends on the business flow. The bug that is going to affect more important things & has chances to affect the program more number of times is given more priority. The bug that can cause a lot of damage to the application or any of the linked component is given more severity.
The tester checks which bug is having more damage or impact on application & so will decide the severity of the bug. The programmer takes care of the business flow & hence decides the priority. Priority means urgency. If the release date is near & it is not possile to resolve all the bugs, the developer can resolve the bugs on the basis of priority. Hence, priority is decided by the developer.
Who know the Prioritize of the bug? who know shich bug is to fix first? developer or Tester? Is Tester is well aware on this bug is to fix first? if a bug showstopper and unable to procedd and it was low priority by Tester. is it ryt?
The answer to this question depends on the company and its context. Normally, in my company, it is the Program Manager that assigns priority to all defects. This takes place in a 'bug triage' meeting with representatives from the development and test teams in attendance.
Priority will be assigned by the BA or SA or can be PM not the Tester.
Testers will assign the priority of bug based end-user functionality.
But developer will assign relative priority to bugs of same severity.
When the severity of bugs is more with same priority then developer will assign priority to bugs & work on them.
Short answer: Neither of them.
I cannot stress enough that one needs to understand the intention of the question. This is a tricky and misleading question and has prompted many incorrect answers. The real intention of this question is to check if the QA understand priority/severity definitions, bug triage process and QAs activities on a given project.
Note: For the sake of this discussion, I will keep it simple by using the word "bug" instead of defect.
when a QA/tester identifies a bug, he/she will set preliminary priority and severity values based on his/her understanding of requirements, and definitions of priority & severity. Each organization has its own flavor of priority and severity definitions as with the quality gates policy.
During a bug triage meeting, BA, dev. team lead, test team lead shall collectively agree and assign priority and severity values to bugs.
With this answer, interviewer understands that the person being interviewed is genuinely experienced and not a person with fake experience.
Afterwards (Once after the bug reporting) the developers will analyze the defect raised by all testers and prioritize the defects. Because though a tester raises a defect as priority 1 defect, which may not be the priority one defect in terms of developers when analyzing the other defects raised by other testers also.
No, Abhishek Gupta, you are wrong. priority should be defined by Tester and Module delivery lead.
How to record a dynamically changing object in rational functional tester?
What are meta tags and why it is used?
After identifying a bug, what if the developer rejects it even though it is a valid bug? How will you prove that it is a valid defect?
Can Severity or Priority of defects change at any point of time during testing?
How to create scheduled automation to run on a defined frequency and generate auto-generate reports?
Can we create a Data element without domain? If yes what is the difference?


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Meet the Winners of our 2015 Leadership Development Challenge
09/21/15 | CEF Spotlight Employee Engagement
Nine outstanding leaders from CEF member companies have been chosen from a highly competitive field of applicants from around the world to embark on a life-changing leadership development journey to Chile, led by renowned adventurer and VP of Environmental Initiatives for Patagonia, Rick Ridgeway, and corporate sustainability expert Jib Ellison. The winners were deemed to be at an inflection point in their lives or careers with regard to sustainability—ready and eager to take their sustainability leadership to the next level within their communities and/or organizations—as well as being strong team players accomplished in setting ambitious goals and getting results.
Congratulations to the winners!
Rachael Baker, Manager, Northern California Environmental Stewardship at Kaiser Permanente
For the past three years Rachael has developed and led the KP northern California Environmental Stewardship program, which covers 21 hospitals and well over 400 medical office and administrative buildings. In this role she serves as a center of expertise by identifying, evaluating, prioritizing, implementing and spreading environmental stewardship practices throughout the Region. Prior, Rachael spent five years creating and growing Kaiser Permanente's Environmental Purchasing and Supply Chain program impacting over $5 billion in spend. In that role Rachael authored and implemented KP's sustainability scorecard for medical devices resulting in tens of millions of dollars being directed toward safer products. Rachael has worked in healthcare, focusing on sustainability, for eleven years.
Susannah Calvin, Operations Environmental Initiatives Program Manager at Apple
Susannah Calvin is an experienced procurement and supply chain specialist working to bridge the gaps between environmental initiatives and large-scale manufacturing. Susannah joined Apple's newly formed Ops Environmental Initiatives team after working as a Global Supply Manager in Apple's Softgoods Manufacturing Design division. She brought with her an in-depth understanding of the challenges facing manufacturers and design teams, along with insights into the processes and practices with the greatest environmental impact. Prior to joining Apple, Susannah worked in Procurement and Corporate Responsibility at Black Diamond, Inc.
Aaron Frank, Director, Corporate Citizenship, Insights & Integration at The Walt Disney Company
Aaron Frank is Director, Corporate Citizenship for The Walt Disney Company. In this role, Aaron is responsible for driving overall strategic direction of corporate citizenship for the company, including the creation of citizenship goals and commitments, conducting research to better understand consumer, stakeholder and employee expectations and perceptions, and leading the company's reporting, stakeholder engagement, and issues management efforts. Before joining Disney, Aaron was engagement director at Siegel+Gale where he led the development of international strategic branding programs. Aaron has also served in environmental policy positions for the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, National Wildlife Federation, and Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy.
Luis Fernando Ramirez, Manager, Sustainability at FEMSA
Originally a chemical engineer from Tecnologico de Monterrey, Luis Fernando Ramirez is the environmental sustainability manager of FEMSA, responsible for the coordination of environmental initiatives and efforts globally. He is also directing the design, development, and assessment of the company's corporate sustainability strategy. Prior to FEMSA, he worked as the commercial director for environmental consultancy CO2 Solutions, developing emission reduction projects within the Clean Development Mechanism, EU Emissions Trading System, and voluntary frameworks.
Brian Schoening, greeNG Senior Project Manager at Northrop Grumman Corporation
As senior project manager for Northrop Grumman's greeNG sustainability program, Brian is focused on leveraging the nexus between his aerospace engineering experience and environmental sustainability expertise to further integrate sustainability within core business processes. He joined Northrop Grumman in 2004 as an aerospace design engineer and has spent half of his career leading various aspects of the company's sustainability program. Brian is currently responsible for executing enterprise greenhouse gas and water strategies and managing program performance towards Northrop Grumman's 2020 sustainability goals.
Nalini Singh, Principal, Structuring and Commercial Analytics at NRG Energy
Nalini Singh serves as a Principal of Structure and Pricing at NRG Energy. She has extensive experience in energy and natural gas analytics including quantifying and managing energy portfolio risk across the wholesale/retail power and gas industries. With more than 10 years of experience, Singh specializes in the negotiation, pricing, structuring and execution of energy contracts as well as portfolio valuation and energy project finance that involve matrix development teams. Most recently she has been responsible for renewable energy project evaluations – including solar, wind, and energy storage – across the different NRG business units. Prior to NRG, Singh began her career at Exelon.
Justin Van Der Horn, Coordinator, Global Sustainability at Tiffany & Co.
Justin Van Der Horn currently serves as a Coordinator for Global Sustainability at Tiffany & Co. Since joining Tiffany & Co. in 2012, Justin has assisted in furthering the Company's social and environmental agenda and aligning sustainability initiatives with core business objectives. His particular focus has been on supporting metrics, reporting, goal setting and environmental and climate initiatives. Justin also has experience supporting positive social and environmental change with domestic and international non-profit organizations and with state and federal branches of the government.
Juan Villágran, Director, Sustainability & EHS Global Systems at Duke Energy
Juan C. Villagrán serves as director of sustainability and EHS global systems for Duke Energy International (DEI). He leads the groups responsible for developing and advancing corporate policies, programs and strategies on sustainability, corporate social responsibility, environmental, health and safety management systems. Previously, Villagran served as regional manager of environmental, health and safety for Duke Energy Central America with responsibilities over six thermoelectric plants located in Guatemala and El Salvador. Villagran has more than 17 years of experience as an environmental, health and safety (EHS) and sustainability professional. He joined Duke Energy International in 2001 and has work in the power generation industry since 1998.
Svetlana Zenkin, Manager, Sustainability at HP
Svetlana Zenkin is an Environmental Progress Program Manager at HP, part of HP's Living Progress team. Svetlana leads HP's company-wide environmental metrics and goals program. This includes evaluating the carbon and water footprints and developing industry-leading environmental goals, such as the product use phase GHG emissions goal announced in September 2014. Svetlana's prior sustainability experience is a hybrid of business and public policy. She has been a Climate Corps Fellow with the Environmental Defense Fund, and worked for the US Environmental Protection Agency. Svetlana moved from Russia to the United States as a child, and now lives in San Francisco, California.


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package plp.functional1.util;

/**
 * Classe que representa os possiveis tipos de uma expressao.
 *
 * @author Allan Araujo
 * @author Joabe Jesus
 * @author Marcus Machado
 * @author Rafael Oliveira
 */
public interface Tipo {

	public abstract String getNome();

	/**
	 * Indica se esta expressao é inteira.
	 *
	 * @return true se esta expressao for inteira;
	 *         false caso contrario.
	 */
	public abstract boolean eInteiro();

	/**
	 * Indica se esta expressao é booleana.
	 *
	 * @return true se esta expressao for booleana;
	 *         false caso contrario.
	 */
	public abstract boolean eBooleano();

	/**
	 * Indica se esta expressao é string.
	 *
	 * @return true se esta expressao for string;
	 *         false caso contrario.
	 */
	public abstract boolean eString();

	public abstract boolean eChar();

	public abstract boolean eReal();

	/**
	 * Compara este tipo com o tipo dado.
	 * Dois tipos s�o iguais se eles t�m o mesmo nome.
	 *
	 * @return true se forem o mesmo tipo;
	 *         false caso contrario.
	 */
	public abstract boolean eIgual(Tipo tipo);

	/**
	 * Este m�todo indica se este tipo � v�lido.
	 * Os tipos primitivos sempre s�o v�lidos.
	 * Outros tipos devem sobreescrever este m�todo para implementar
	 * mais restri��es sobre validade, mas o nome dever� ser ainda
	 * assim primordial para a defini��o de validade.
	 *
	 * @return true se este tipo � v�lido;
	 *         false caso contrario.
	 */
	public abstract boolean eValido();

	/**
	 * Este m�todo retorna o tipo mais abrangente que engloba este tipo e o tipo
	 * dado. Por exemplo, se este tipo pode ser String ou inteiro e o tipo dado
	 * pode ser inteiro ou booleano, entao este metodo retorna um tipo que so
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Human papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence and associated risk factors in women from Curaçao
Desiree J. Hooi, Birgit I. Lissenberg-Witte, Gemma Kenter, Maurits N. C. de Koning, Igor Gomes Bravio, Kim Ardts, Suhaina Kleinmoedig, Edlyn Benita, Herbert M. Pinedo, Johannes Berkhof, Wim G. V. Quint, Chris J. L. M. Meijer
Epidemiology and Data Science
APH - Methodology
CCA - Cancer Treatment and quality of life
Background In the Caribbean region, a notable difference in HPV-prevalence and genotypes distribution between the islands is observed. Recently we found in Curaçao a low incidence of HPV16 and 18 in cervical cancer compared to the standard world population. We aimed to determine HPV-prevalence, HPV-genotype distribution and associated risk-factors in women from Curaçao. Methods 5000 women aged 25–65 years were randomly selected from the national Population Register. HPV was detected by means of GP5+/6+PCR EIA and GP 5+/6+amplimers from HPV-positive samples were genotyped with a reverse hybridisation assay. We also collected personal data and data on risk-factors. Results 1075 women were enrolled in the study. Overall HPV-prevalence was 19.7%. Most frequent genotypes were HPV16 (2.3%), 35 (2.1%) and 52 (1.8%). Twenty-seven women detected with abnormal cytology (i.e.ASC-US) were referred for biopsy. In women with normal cytology (n = 1048), HPV-prevalence was 17.9% and the most common high-risk HPV (hrHPV)types were HPV35 (2.0%), 18 (1.8%), 16 (1.5%) and 52 (1.5%). The highest HPV-prevalence (32.8%) was found in the age-group: 25–34 (n = 247). HPV positive women started sex at a younger age (p = 0.032). Conclusions HPV-prevalence in the overall population is high and HPV16 was the most common genotype followed by 35 and 18. In women with normal cytology HPV35 is the most common genotype followed by HPV18, 52 and 16. The high HPV-prevalence (32.8%) in women of 25–34 years argue for introduction of cervical cancer prevention strategies. HPV-type distribution found in Curaçao should be taken into account when considering the choice for prophylactic vaccination.
Hooi, D. J., Lissenberg-Witte, B. I., Kenter, G., de Koning, M. N. C., Bravio, I. G., Ardts, K., Kleinmoedig, S., Benita, E., Pinedo, H. M., Berkhof, J., Quint, W. G. V., & Meijer, C. J. L. M. (2018). Human papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence and associated risk factors in women from Curaçao. PLoS ONE, 13(7), [e0199624]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0199624
Hooi, Desiree J. ; Lissenberg-Witte, Birgit I. ; Kenter, Gemma et al. / Human papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence and associated risk factors in women from Curaçao. In: PLoS ONE. 2018 ; Vol. 13, No. 7.
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author = "Hooi, {Desiree J.} and Lissenberg-Witte, {Birgit I.} and Gemma Kenter and {de Koning}, {Maurits N. C.} and Bravio, {Igor Gomes} and Kim Ardts and Suhaina Kleinmoedig and Edlyn Benita and Pinedo, {Herbert M.} and Johannes Berkhof and Quint, {Wim G. V.} and Meijer, {Chris J. L. M.}",
Hooi, DJ, Lissenberg-Witte, BI, Kenter, G, de Koning, MNC, Bravio, IG, Ardts, K, Kleinmoedig, S, Benita, E, Pinedo, HM, Berkhof, J, Quint, WGV & Meijer, CJLM 2018, 'Human papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence and associated risk factors in women from Curaçao', PLoS ONE, vol. 13, no. 7, e0199624. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0199624
Human papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence and associated risk factors in women from Curaçao. / Hooi, Desiree J.; Lissenberg-Witte, Birgit I.; Kenter, Gemma et al.
In: PLoS ONE, Vol. 13, No. 7, e0199624, 2018.
T1 - Human papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence and associated risk factors in women from Curaçao
AU - Hooi, Desiree J.
AU - Lissenberg-Witte, Birgit I.
AU - Kenter, Gemma
AU - de Koning, Maurits N. C.
AU - Bravio, Igor Gomes
AU - Ardts, Kim
AU - Kleinmoedig, Suhaina
AU - Benita, Edlyn
AU - Pinedo, Herbert M.
AU - Berkhof, Johannes
AU - Quint, Wim G. V.
AU - Meijer, Chris J. L. M.
N2 - Background In the Caribbean region, a notable difference in HPV-prevalence and genotypes distribution between the islands is observed. Recently we found in Curaçao a low incidence of HPV16 and 18 in cervical cancer compared to the standard world population. We aimed to determine HPV-prevalence, HPV-genotype distribution and associated risk-factors in women from Curaçao. Methods 5000 women aged 25–65 years were randomly selected from the national Population Register. HPV was detected by means of GP5+/6+PCR EIA and GP 5+/6+amplimers from HPV-positive samples were genotyped with a reverse hybridisation assay. We also collected personal data and data on risk-factors. Results 1075 women were enrolled in the study. Overall HPV-prevalence was 19.7%. Most frequent genotypes were HPV16 (2.3%), 35 (2.1%) and 52 (1.8%). Twenty-seven women detected with abnormal cytology (i.e.ASC-US) were referred for biopsy. In women with normal cytology (n = 1048), HPV-prevalence was 17.9% and the most common high-risk HPV (hrHPV)types were HPV35 (2.0%), 18 (1.8%), 16 (1.5%) and 52 (1.5%). The highest HPV-prevalence (32.8%) was found in the age-group: 25–34 (n = 247). HPV positive women started sex at a younger age (p = 0.032). Conclusions HPV-prevalence in the overall population is high and HPV16 was the most common genotype followed by 35 and 18. In women with normal cytology HPV35 is the most common genotype followed by HPV18, 52 and 16. The high HPV-prevalence (32.8%) in women of 25–34 years argue for introduction of cervical cancer prevention strategies. HPV-type distribution found in Curaçao should be taken into account when considering the choice for prophylactic vaccination.
AB - Background In the Caribbean region, a notable difference in HPV-prevalence and genotypes distribution between the islands is observed. Recently we found in Curaçao a low incidence of HPV16 and 18 in cervical cancer compared to the standard world population. We aimed to determine HPV-prevalence, HPV-genotype distribution and associated risk-factors in women from Curaçao. Methods 5000 women aged 25–65 years were randomly selected from the national Population Register. HPV was detected by means of GP5+/6+PCR EIA and GP 5+/6+amplimers from HPV-positive samples were genotyped with a reverse hybridisation assay. We also collected personal data and data on risk-factors. Results 1075 women were enrolled in the study. Overall HPV-prevalence was 19.7%. Most frequent genotypes were HPV16 (2.3%), 35 (2.1%) and 52 (1.8%). Twenty-seven women detected with abnormal cytology (i.e.ASC-US) were referred for biopsy. In women with normal cytology (n = 1048), HPV-prevalence was 17.9% and the most common high-risk HPV (hrHPV)types were HPV35 (2.0%), 18 (1.8%), 16 (1.5%) and 52 (1.5%). The highest HPV-prevalence (32.8%) was found in the age-group: 25–34 (n = 247). HPV positive women started sex at a younger age (p = 0.032). Conclusions HPV-prevalence in the overall population is high and HPV16 was the most common genotype followed by 35 and 18. In women with normal cytology HPV35 is the most common genotype followed by HPV18, 52 and 16. The high HPV-prevalence (32.8%) in women of 25–34 years argue for introduction of cervical cancer prevention strategies. HPV-type distribution found in Curaçao should be taken into account when considering the choice for prophylactic vaccination.
Hooi DJ, Lissenberg-Witte BI, Kenter G, de Koning MNC, Bravio IG, Ardts K et al. Human papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence and associated risk factors in women from Curaçao. PLoS ONE. 2018;13(7):e0199624. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0199624


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Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF)
Alourfi Z., Ray DW., Donn R.
© 2006 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) was originally described as the first T-cell derived cytokine, which inhibits the migration of macrophages from capillaries.1,2 Subsequently, after cloning in 1989,3 it was discovered to be expressed in most tissues, suggesting that it has a widespread role beyond the immune system.4 MIF has unusual biological properties. First, it is a pleiotropic factor with pro-inflammatory, hormonal, and enzymatic activities.5,6 Second, MIF is able to counter-regulate the immunosuppressive and anti-inflammatory effects of glucocorticoid (GC).7-11 Finally, MIF was reported to be induced by low concentrations of GC in a murine cell line,7 which is unusual for a proinflammatory cytokine. However, this observation has proved controversial with a recent report not supporting this in the same murine cell line. MIF was found to be suppressed with high concentrations of GCs, with no induction at low concentrations in two different cell lines.12.
Cytokine Gene Polymorphisms in Multifactorial Conditions


(The question has frequently come to Mt. Carmel, since the subject of the "forty-two months" was explained in The Symbolic Code asking why the Code has never said when the forty-two months started and when the "great earthquake" of Revelation 11 is to take place. Therefore, to help clarify these questions and to emphasize the fact that God has given us sufficient information to know the seasons," the study of "Jonah and the People of God" which Brother Houteff delivered June 10, 1944 has been selected for this month's issue of The Symbolic Code.
PRAYER THOUGHT: "God's message for the inhabitants of earth today is, 'Be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of Man cometh.' The conditions prevailing in society and especially in the great cities of the nations proclaim in thunder tones that the hour of God's judgment is come, and that the end of all things earthly is at hand. We are standing on the threshold of the crisis of the ages. In quick succession the judgments of God will follow one another, -- fire, and flood, and earthquake, with war and bloodshed. We are not to be surprised at this time by events both great and decisive: for the angel of mercy cannot remain much longer to shelter the impenitent.
Prophets and Kings, p. 278.
There is hardly a doubt that we all know what is contained in the book of Jonah. You probably are familiar with all the details of Jonah's experience as they are given in the Bible. You also recall that the sign which was given to the Jews was the sign of Jonah -- the three days and three nights that he spent in the belly of the fish. We know that as Jonah was there three days and three nights so Christ was to be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights. Christ Himself said that. By this, however, He could not have meant that He would be in the center of the earth nor could He have meant that He would be in the tomb three days and three nights, for the facts are that He never was in the center of the earth nor was He in the tomb three days and three nights.
heart that keeps one alive, and therefore the heart of the earth must be that which keeps the earth alive. Therefore the heart of the earth is God's Truth, His people, and His Spirit. Without all these three components I tell you the world would not now be in existence. The Truth alone is dormant. But when the Truth, the Bible, is combined with people and the Spirit of God, then there is life in the earth. Yes, to repeat, Bible Truth alone is dormant; with people it is active; and when these have also God's Spirit something then can be accomplished. It is the combination of these three that makes up God's church, the heart of the earth.
In our study of the three days and three nights what light did we receive to help us? -- That the heart of the earth was not the tomb, but rather Jesus was in reality in the power or in the hands of the church for three days and three nights even though part of that time He was dead and in the tomb.
three days and three nights before He was resurrected gave the outward appearance of defeat for His righteous ministry. Nevertheless, Jonah's experience brought salvation to Nineveh, and Christ's experience brought salvation to the world.
So much for the sign of Jonah to the Jews in Christ's time. Let us now consider for the remainder of our time the possibility that the rest of Jonah's experience is a type also. If so, what do Jonah, Nineveh, the sea, the fish, and the fish's expelling Jonah after he had partly learned his lesson typify?
Jonah's whole experience could be a type of God's people with a message that they were to proclaim to the world. It could be a type of the duties God gave to His people and they, like Jonah, wanted to put it aside and "let George do it," so to speak.
The purpose of this study is to help us all to see that Jonah's experience is a sign not only to the Jews in Christ's time but also to you and to me. Whom does Jonah represent by his running away? -- Not the 144,000, for they do not run away. On the contrary, they "follow the Lamb whithersoever He goeth" (Rev. 14:4).
We shall now briefly mention the high points in Jonah's experience and see what lesson we can get out of it today.
There arose a great storm at sea where Jonah was, and Jonah was sleeping through it all. This is a fitting type of a people who knew they were commissioned to carry a message but were sleepy and wholly indifferent to their responsibility. Then you remember that the men on board ship discovered Jonah to be the cause of their great trouble and so they cast him into the sea. The sea, as we have already learned, is a symbol of the Old Country, the storehouse of waters, peoples. While Jonah was there in the sea he was swallowed by the fish and realizing that he was in the depths of the sea and in trouble, he began to pray to God for deliverance. This typified an experience God's people were to have at some time while they were in the sea -- the Old country.
God had prepared the fish to swallow up Jonah because He was determined that Jonah should be the one to take the message to Nineveh and Jonah, not at all inclined to do it, arranged for his passage to another place than Nineveh. And so the fish swallowed up Jonah to take him where God wanted him to go. The experience Jonah had while he was in the belly of the fish was a good one for him, for it caused him to realize to a degree his need of God. He realized that he was gone without God's immediate help.
finally they would be again commissioned to carry a message to Nineveh which would save not only themselves but Nineveh as well. And as Jonah finally did carry his message, so God's people at this time will carry theirs.
Here is proof from another angle: The ten-tribe kingdom was disbursed from their land, Palestine, and were assimilated by the nations whither they went, and their identity was lost so that they are not known today, but the message we have has come to gather all the twelve tribes. Preparatory to this, providential circumstance arranged by God brought the church to shore -- to the new world where we find ourselves today. Therefore Jonah's message is to arise from the new world. In process of time we find that the Jews are to carry a message of salvation.
Now we may ask when did Jonah's message arrive in America? -- Jonah's message was one to Nineveh exclusively, and the only message to Nineveh today is that contained in the Truth given in "War News Forecast," tract No. 14. There is no other message to Nineveh. And bear in mind that the church is not Nineveh.
message of Jonah we should not be anxious for Assyria's fall, but rather for her repentance and salvation.
The message we have from the Scriptures concerning Nineveh says that Nineveh is to be overthrown. In fact all the prophets who speak of Nineveh or Assyria say that she is to be overthrown. Yet the type and other scriptures say she is to be saved.
It is Nahum's prophecy, the message contained in Tract 14, War News Forecast, that is to bring salvation to antitypical Assyria. She will not be saved from the nations not defeating her, for they will. But in her defeat she will be brought to repentance and be reconciled to God and be saved.
On Invasion Day many prayers were prayed by the Christian nations involved in the war, but the prayers were only for military victory, not for salvation. "Nineveh" is today doing the same things that she did a year ago. There is no change. Therefore her downfall is her only way to bring her salvation.
The whole story of Jonah's experience, you see, is more than a record of what happened to him. It is a picture of the experience of God's everliving church.
saved, but "Egypt" also is at last to be saved according to the "more sure word of prophecy."
"And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the Lord in the holy mount at Jerusalem." Isa. 27:13.
Yes, this is the great revival and reformation that we are now praying for, working for, longing for. It is the hope of the world; for in it is the salvation of the world. Let us with hearts enlightened with the sun of Truth, and embued with genuine Christian love for humanity, and fired with zeal borne of God's Spirit allow ourselves to be used of Him to usher in salvation to the world.


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Not to TPK, that's in August. To me. Today is my birthday, so of course I'm updating the blog. I'm officially thirty years old, and I've spent almost two thirds of that playing roleplaying games, and loving it. Today I just want to mess around a bit, and do a short post on some of my biggest gaming influences over the past twenty years. Here's a short rundown.
I thought it would be best for a first post to define some of the terms I'll be using a lot, so that my meaning is precise. I've left out more generic role-playing terms, like PC or NPC, because if you've made it this far, you probably already know that much.


LOS ANGELES – California's Drive A announces today they will be the opening act on the upcoming North American your featuring The Used and The Almost.
In conjunction with the tour with The Used, Drive A will be releasing their second single, "Can't Sleep It Off." Best described as a musical raising of the black flag, "Can't Sleep It Off" is their middle-finger salute to those who try to stand in the way of others by telling them what they can and cannot do. An anthem for a frustrated generation waiting for their voices to be heard, the song has quickly become a crowd favorite and a participation point in the band's high energy live set.
Cody, along with the rest of Drive A – Bruno Mascolo (vocals/guitar), Jason Nott (guitar/vocals) and Chris Bowman (bass/vocals) begin the tour with The Used and The Almost October 9th in Las Vegas – stopping in 26 cities before commencing in Seattle on November 13th.


This important map, first issued in 1634, is one of the first to focus on the Dutch colony in North America and to name Nieu Amsterdam (New York). It is based on the manuscript of Andriaen Block (1614), a Dutch fur trader, who explored the area between Cape Cod and Manhattan and was the first to correctly delineate the longitudinal scale of the coastline and establish Manhattan as an island. The colony of Nieu Pleimonth is identified, as well as other English names along the coast, which were derived from Smith's map of New England in 1616. The map is oriented with north to the right and is richly adorned with a variety of wildlife, including the first appearance of beavers, polecats and otters on a printed map. Quebec is noted with a minute depiction of the fort and buildings, and the mythical kingdom pf Norumbega is noted near the R. Pentagouet (Penobscot River) in present-day Maine. A large Mohawk village is shown derived from the White-de Bry engravings. It is further embellished with a large title cartouche flanked by two natives, sailing ships, canoes, and compass roses. German text on verso.
Full contemporary color with pleasant light toning and minor foxing. There are professional repairs to a few centerfold separations on verso.


Funny it should take me two and a half years at DSU before I finally read Jakob Nielsen and Hoa Loranger's Prioritizing Web Usability (New Riders: Berkeley, CA, 2006). Sure, my doctoral studies focus on knowledge management and decision support systems. But given how everything I.T. is switching to the Web, I'm inclined to make Nielsen and Loranger required first-semester reading for anyone seeking a DSU diploma. Even if you're not an information systems analyst or Web guru, the Web is becoming as common a mode of communication as good old business letters. Everyone should know the basics of formatting a business letter; everyone should know at least a few principles of designing a quick and effective Web page.
Sell with words. The best ads use text, not images. Web readers skip images and scan for words. So do search engines. If you want people to click, your best bet is to give them words that actually say something about what you're selling. Apparently words are worth a thousand pictures.
Conform. This advice pains me, but on the Web, it makes sense. People spend most of their time on other websites (Jakob's Law of the Internet User Experience, p. 78). During the tiny fraction of time they spend on your website, they don't want to have to figure out strange new configurations or names for standard functions.
Don't waste time coming up with creative names for your "About" and "Contact" pages.
Don't lose sleep trying to reinvent the scrollbar; your customers' browsers already have one, and your customers like it.
Don't break the Back button! It's the second-most used feature on the Web after hyperlinks. It lets users sally forth without having to remember every step. Don't take those breadcrumbs away!
People don't care about your website; they care about the content. Your website is a tool to convey that content. Give your customers a tool they already know how to operate so they can concentrate on the content they're looking for.
Splash pages. Don't. You don't need a billboard to get people's attention online. They've already punched in your URL or clicked a link. They will spend less than two minutes deciding whether your website has what they want. Don't waste a second of that window of opportunity showing them a pretty splash page that doesn't give them useful information and choices.
Rein in fonts and colors. I usually recommend no more than two fonts on a given page; Nielsen and Loranger say three is the limit. Just remember: people don't like reading ransom notes. They also say limit your text colors to four (p. 235). And leave room in that color scheme for blue hyperlinks (since that's what lots of users expect) and some different color for visited links (give users' short-term memory a break by showing them which links they've already tried).
Ditch the three-click rule. Nielsen and Loranger are just part of the growing chorus of experts rejecting the conventional wisdom that every child page should be within three clicks of the homepage. Their usability tests show "users' ability to find products on an e-commerce site increased by 600 percent after the design was changed so that products were four clicks from the homepage instead of three" (p. 322). Users would rather have several links telling them they're headed the right direction at each step than think through just two or three lengthy lists of links and hope they guess the right place to click.
Be functional, not fancy. Nielsen and Loranger's rejection of the three-click rule demonstrates a key point of their usability guidelines. They aren't offering aesthetic judgments or elegant mathematical models. Their recommendations are based on user performance: certain design elements help users get what they want faster. Good graphic design matters, but good usability matters more. Your website doesn't have to win artistic awards; it does have to help users find what they want. Think about the homepage of the most successful website in the world: Google.
Some designers may find the recommendations of Prioritizing Web Usability too restrictive. What do you think? Get the book, subscribe to Nielsen's useit.com (and enjoy the throwback design), and see if their advice helps you make your nodes of the Web more usable.
Just what I need for a speedy summary. Thanks.


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Canadian foreign investment spree hits record amid 'capital bleed'
China Experts Map Out Endgame for Xi's Revamped Property Sector
Pinterest's quarterly revenue, user growth top projections
Kurt Wagner, Bloomberg News
The Pinterest Inc. application is displayed on an Apple Inc. iPhone in this arranged photograph taken in Little Falls, New Jersey, U.S., on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019. Pinterest has filed paperwork with the SEC for an initial public offering (IPO), the Wall Street Journal reports, citing unidentified people familiar with the matter. Photographer: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg , Bloomberg
Pinterest Inc. posted revenue and user growth that beat analysts' estimates for the fourth quarter, citing new advertisers and greater engagement in the holiday season. Shares gained about 12% in extended trading.
Sales at the digital search and scrapbooking company rose 46% to about US$400 million, better than the US$371 million consensus analyst estimate compiled by Bloomberg. Revenue for the full year was US$1.14 billion, the first time Pinterest has surpassed the US$1 billion threshold, and slightly higher than the revenue range it provided in May.
Pinterest said it added about 13 million new monthly users in the period, bringing its total global user base to 335 million. Analysts expected Pinterest to report around 330 million users at the end of 2019.
The company projected 2020 revenue of US$1.52 billion for the year, just ahead of analysts' estimates.
Pinterest is the latest digital advertising company to report strong fourth-quarter sales. Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc. and Alphabet Inc.'s Google all reported revenue that was better-than-anticipated in the past two weeks.
The San Francisco-based company included a list of business priorities for the year in its earnings release, including diversifying its ad offerings and pushing further into shopping. As part of its shopping expansion, Pinterest said it plans to create a "Verified Merchants Program" in 2020, which will require brands to meet certain guidelines in order to join. The point is to improve trust between Pinterest users and the brands they buy from on the service, the company says.
Pinterest stock reached a high of US$26.30 in extended trading after closing at US$23.01. The shares have gained 21% in the past 12 months.
Pinterest bulls see a marketer's goldmine in the making


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Special Master Seitz recommends denying modification to protective order for 7 categories of information appropriately designated as "Highly Confidential," but recommends that 24 categories were improperly designated and may be used in reexamination
By YCST
Special Master Collins J. Seitz, Jr., recently issued a report that made recommendations with respect to whether defendants should be permitted to use information from the litigation at hand in an ex parte reexamination of plaintiff's two asserted patents that defendants intend to initiate. Inventio AG v. ThyssenKrupp Elevator Ams. Corp. et al., C.A. No. 08-874-RGA (D. Del. Jan. 22, 2013). In the litigation, the Court entered a protective order, which permitted the parties to designate certain information as "Confidential" and other information as "Highly Confidential." Id. at 2-4. In light of the intended reexamination, defendants filed a motion requesting that the Court "(1) declassify some or all of the information as non-confidential; or (2) modify the Protective Order so that some or all of the information can be submitted to the USPTO under seal in accordance with the procedures of Section 724.02 of the Manual for Patent Examining Procedure ('MPEP')." Id. at 2. Pursuant to this motion, the Court addressed 31 disputed categories of information, 30 of which were excerpts from "deposition transcripts of [plaintiff's] 30(b)(6) witnesses," and one which was a page that plaintiff argued came "from the prosecution file in the Singapore patent office." Id.
Special Master Seitz recommended granting defendants' motion to reclassify as non-confidential 24 of the categories of disputed information. Id. at 15. Despite plaintiff's designation of this information as "Highly Confidential," Special Master Seitz found that this information did not fall under any specific category of information permitted to be designated as "Highly Confidential" or "Confidential" pursuant to the Protective Order. Id. at 15. For example, in his analysis, Special Master Seitz frequently found that information from the deposition excerpts did not fall under the categories of "non-public technical information of [plaintiff]," "[n]on-public research," or "non-public information about [plaintiff's] 'internal studies, . . . testing and evaluations.'" See id. at 8-15. Moreover, none of the information fell under the "catch-all category" in Paragraph xviii, as plaintiff failed to demonstrate "with any specificity how it would be harmed by the disclosure of [the] information." Id. at 15.
Special Master Seitz found that the 7 remaining categories of information were appropriately designated as "Highly Confidential," but he was nevertheless required to address defendants' alternative request to modify the protective order to use the protected information in the anticipated reexamination. See id. at 8-15. To determine whether to grant the modification, Special Master Seitz considered whether "good cause still exist[ed] for the order," which in this instance required him to consider the "relevancy of [the disputed] information to the proposed ex parte reexamination." See id. at 15-16. Special Master Seitz noted that if information submitted under seal is found "material to patentability" during the reexamination, it will be made available to the public. See id. at 5 (citing MPEP § 724.04(c)(D)). It was further explained that an ex parte reexamination is comprised of two distinct phases—the request phase and the substantive review phase. A third party may submit "admissions" of the patent owner during both the request and substantive review phases. See id. at 22 (citing MPEP § 2258(I)(F); 37 C.F.R. § 1.104(c)). Moreover, under the provisions of the newly-enacted AIA, a third party may also submit "statements" during the substantive review phase. See id. at 22 (citing 35 U.S.C. §§ 301, 302).
However, for a third party to submit an "admission," it must found "in the [patent] file or in a court record." Id. at 22. Similarly, to qualify as a "statement," the information must at least "be filed by the patent owner in a proceeding before a Federal court or the [USPTO]," and the patent owner must have "[taken] a position on the scope of any claim of the patent." Id. at 17 (citing 37 C.F.R. § 1.501(a)(2)). Special Master Seitz reasoned that the information at issue was not "in a court record" because it was not "filed with the court," and thus the information would likely not qualify as an "admission." Id. at 22. Similarly, the information at issue was not filed with the Court or USPTO, and the patent owner did not take a position regarding claim scope. Thus, the information would also likely not qualify as a "statement." Id. Special Master Seitz therefore concluded that "the information at issue would likely not be considered by the USPTO if [defendants] submitted it as part of a request for an ex parte reexamination," and thus defendants' "stated need to submit [the] information to the USPTO should be given little weight." Id. at 24. Moreover, "[e]ven in the unlikely event that this information is deemed material by the USPTO, the importance of this information to the reexamination . . . [would] not outweigh the harm to [plaintiff] caused by public disclosure." Id. at 26. Special Master Seitz thus recommended that "good cause" still existed for the protective order with regard to the 7 remaining categories of disputed information. See id. at 25-26.
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Rise Gold Slowly But Surely Progressing High Grade Idaho-Maryland Project
Posted on: Feb 3, 2019
Tagged: California, Explorer, Gold, Idaho-Maryland, Rise Gold
After a year which saw not a lot of enthusiasm in the mining sector to put it mildly, topped off by a resulting brutal tax loss selling season, sentiment for mining and gold in particular seems to be recovering, so in my view it is time to look at one of the more remarkable gold exploration stories around. Rise Gold (RISE:CSE, RYES:OTCQB), a small junior headquartered in Vancouver, is looking to find gold in, around and below the past-producing high grade Idaho-Maryland gold mine in California, US. This project contains a considerable historic (2002) high grade estimate done by Amec Foster Wheeler of 0.4Moz @ 9.1g/t Au M&I and 0.9Moz @12.7g/t Au Inf, or a more recent one by Pease in 2009, estimating 472koz @10g/t Au M&I, and 1Moz @12g/t Au Inf.
Personally I consider Amec by far the most reputable engineering firm globally, and therefore I mention their estimate, although it is firmly outdated. Of course both estimates aren't NI43-101 compliant as both are not recent enough, using today's QA/QC procedures, but it provides a first indication of mineralized potential. These estimates are historic, non-compliant and outdated, but aren't hot air at all in my opinion, as the Idaho-Maryland Mine had to halt production in 1954 when it was nowhere near depletion.
The company has analyzed all available historic data, constructed all sorts of (3D) models, maps and sections, defined targets, raised cash and has completed their 2018 drill program, and is setting up for their 2019 drill program after raising C$2.5M in the last quarter. As Rise has to drill pretty deep most of the time (600-1800m), progress hasn't always been easy and quick, but as the company doesn't seem to have any problem reeling in strategic investors like Yamana and Southern Arc, the quest for gold continues. Let's see what the potential is for investors.
Rise Gold Corp is a US exploration and development company with Canadian headquarters, focused on creating shareholder value through advancing a gold project in California. The company is developing an exploration strategy for its fully owned Idaho-Maryland gold project, a former past producing mine located in Grass Valley, California, US.
Rise Gold currently has 145.99M shares outstanding (fully diluted 240.709M), 80.06M warrants (the majority is due @C$0.10-0.15),and several option series to the tune of 14.51M options (C$0.18 on average) in total, which gives it a market capitalization of C$10.95M based on a January 17th share price of C$0.075. The company has no trouble raising cash despite its CSE listing, as it raised C$0.35M in September 2018, and C$2.5M in November 2018. As a consequence, their treasury contains about C$3M at the moment, which is enough for this year's drill program. Waning mining sentiment and few results didn't go unnoticed for Rise shareholders, as can be seen here:
Share price; 3 year time frame
Although gold has seen significant gains on a dropping US Dollar, and sentiment improved somewhat as usual after tax loss selling season, Rise hasn't been following suit quite typically. One reason for this could be that the company is still flying very much under the radar, but the share price also seemed to experience support from the November raise, bringing on board intermediate producer Yamana Gold and seeing Southern Arc reinforcing their holdings in Rise. That way the share price was prevented to drop off mid-December as most mining stocks did, but on the other hand wasn't able to recover lost ground as there wasn't much lost ground to make up for. In my view at such lows it seems the bottom is in at C$0.05, and any significant drill result could very well support a higher share price soon, as the market cap is still small at around C$10M.
The management team is led by President and CEO Ben Mossman, who knows all about underground gold mines in North America with over 15 years of experience as a mining engineer under his belt (Snap Lake Mine for DeBeers Canada, Bellekeno Mine for Alexco Resource Corp). Since Southern Arc bought into their first strategic position, several positions have been filled by staff related to Southern Arc, not only in the Board of Directors but also management and the advisory team. This could evolve into a nice potential one-two, where maybe Southern Arc gets the benefits of a higher return at a hypothetical Yamana buyout. Key person in all this is John Proust, CEO of Southern Arc. Interesting names are director Bob Gallagher and former director and current advisor Alan Edwards.
Last but not least is director Thomas Vehrs, who is a huge asset in determining the right exploration strategy. Holding a PhD in geology, Dr. Thomas Vehrs is a highly regarded and experienced exploration geologist with over 40 years of experience in the Americas. For the past ten years, Dr. Vehrs held the position of VP Exploration for C$740M market cap Fortuna Silver Mines.
Idaho-Maryland project
Rise Gold has one project, the Idaho-Maryland Gold project, located in Grass Valley, Nevada Country, in the state of California, US. Grass Valley deposits are classified as a gold quartz vein type deposit, often higher grade and extending at great depths. California didn't exactly build the best reputation as a mining friendly jurisdiction over the years, caused predominantly by permitting issues. Because of it, the state is ranked #61 out of 91 jurisdictions worldwide on the Policy Perception Index by the latest Fraser Survey at the moment, which basically reflected 2017. However, a lot has changed since Trump took over, as he is pro-mining and anti-permitting. Furthermore, a few mines have been permitted in the last few years in California, also before Trump, Nevada County would be the lead agency and not California State, and in addition to this the project is located on private land, which makes permitting much easier compared to federal (BLM) land, as stated in the technical report:
"The Project area is covered by private land and no permits or consultations with the US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) or the US Forest Service (USFS) would be required."
Because of all this I view permitting risk for Rise Gold as manageable.
The former Idaho-Maryland Mine has a long past behind it. The mine was reportedly the second largest gold mine in the United States in 1941, producing up to 129,000 oz gold per year before being forced to shut down by the US government in 1942 due to World War II, as workforce was needed in war efforts. Significant production after the war-time shutdown never occurred.
As mentioned earlier, there is a historic resource estimate completed in 2002 by Amec, using a cut-off grade of 3g/t Au (for correct and full disclosure see company documents, as one cannot rely on a historic resource estimate):
A few more historic resource estimates have been completed since then, the most recent being the one by Pease in 2009. They estimated 472koz @10g/t M&I, and 1Moz @12g/t Au Inf, based on a 1.44 Mine Call Factor multiplier (the grade at the mill head was much higher than the sampling grade, so a correction factor was applied). No historic, non NI43-101 compliant resource estimate can ever be relied upon as mentioned, so keep this in mind.
The underground workings of the former Idaho-Maryland Mine are flooded, and it would cost a lot of time and money to dewater this just for drilling, as the underground workings are extensive. The company had the New Brunswick shaft inspected with a remote operated vehicle to a depth of 701m (full depth over 1,000m), to see if it was intact.
It appeared the shaft was open over the inspected length, and the woodwork appeared to be in good condition. This could be important for future development, being either deep drilling or mine development, as constructing a new shaft is a costly business (for this size and depth easily a US$40-50M).The historic hoisting capacity was 75t/h, so this means a full-time 1,800tpd which would be more than enough for such an operation. Management thinks this can be increased if needed at today's standards, without the need to widen the shaft. Notwithstanding all this, as underground workings are flooded, exploration needs to take place from surface, demanding deep drilling which is expensive although management elected to buy 2 drill rigs for C$611k in June 2018 to save on ongoing drilling costs, one of them among the most powerful rigs available on the market these days.
Rise Gold also bought quite a bit of land surrounding the Mine for different future mine purposes, as can be seen here:
To get a bit of an impression about the Idaho-Maryland Mine itself, here is a 3D view of the different underground workings, ranging from surface to a depth of -1650ft (about -550m), with the mined out historic mineralization in red and magenta:
Some of the deepest drill results are reported from below 1800m. Please note that the nearby former Empire-Star Mine had underground workings going as deep as 1,600m, which is almost as deep. This Mine was shut down due to a labour strike, and also contained significant reserves, and is still owned and shelved by Newmont.
Drill Results
As the operators were mining 3 separate, rich veins (Idaho #1 and #3, Brunswick) and ramping up to double the production to 250,000oz before WWII halted everything in the past, it will be understandable that numerous exploration targets in and around the mine workings were already identified during and after operation in those days.
The 2002 Amec report lists the characteristics of typical orogenic gold deposit types, as Idaho-Maryland falls in this category, and here are some very relevant and interesting highlights:
1.Tabular fissure veins in more competent host lithologies, veinlets, and stringers
forming stockworks in less competent lithologies. Typically occur as a system of en echelon veins on all scales."
2."Vein systems may be continuous along a vertical extent of 1-2 km with minor change in mineralogy or gold grade; mineral zoning does occur, however, in some deposits."
Orogenic gold deposits can also have their disadvantages, as they can be hard to delineate, also due to possible nugget effects and narrow veins at depth. Fortunately for Rise Gold, Idaho-Maryland is something special in this regard:
3."Past production at the Idaho-Maryland Mine has demonstrated significant vertical and horizontal continuity of the veins. The great vertical extents of veins of similar gold deposits, such as the adjacent Empire Mine, suggests extensions of the #1 Vein, 3 Vein system, and the Brunswick Veins to depth and there exists potential for significant stockwork-style mineralization within the Brunswick Block."
Keep the remarks about stringers, en echelon veins, vertical extent of 1-2 km, and great vertical and horizontal continuity of veins in mind, when actual drill results will be discussed later on.
As the Idaho-Maryland system is probably too deep and complex to drill out completely (to Reserves) from surface, the strategy of Rise Gold will be exploration and in the end delineation to Indicated and Inferred Resources, probably on a grid spacing of 50m. Drill costs are estimated by the company at ~$140/m all-in, now that they own the rigs themselves. Otherwise the costs would have been US$240-300/m all-in. Because of considerable depth, managementmay use directional drilling, with a few widely spaced, deep motherholes first after which multiple branch holes will be drilled.
The currently most significant exploration targets identified at the Idaho-Maryland Gold Project are in untested ground below the historic mine workings. These targets are extensions of the Idaho #1 Vein, Brunswick, 3 Vein System, and the Crackle Zone.
The Crackle Zone, a concept initiated by renowned geologist and Hall of Famer Alan Bateman a long time ago, could prove to be the theory that might propel the Idaho-Maryland project into Tier I territory if correct. It basically envisions a converging feeder structure to all currently know mineralized zones, located below them and continuing at depth.
The size of this wedge could have an average width of 400m, average thickness of 5m and a length of 900m, creating a volume of 31.6M m3. Based on a gravity of 2.75t/m3, the Crackle Zone target could be 5Mt, which is sizeable of course. If this Zone indeed proves to be the converging point of the other zones, I wouldn't be surprised if the total resource could pan out to be 1-2Moz or even larger.
Let's see what results the drilling has provided us so far. The first results that came back are shown here:
It was a narrow intercept, but very high grade, in line with historic mineralization, which is in large part narrow vein based. This is how things typically look down below:
According to management, the first deep hole was aimed at the Idaho #1 target, designed to be drilled between the mined stopes (voids) on the Brunswick veins so that the crew wouldn't have to drill through open voids which can be difficult. Unfortunately they missed as the hole deviated into the other direction than expected, and a new hole was drilled.
The news release also contained a pretty interesting bit of information:
"Assay data from the Drillhole indicates that the highest gold grades in the composites are located in the wall rocks immediately adjacent to the quartz vein, rather than in the quartz veins themselves.
The Company's observation that the wall rocks of the quartz veins hosts high grade gold could have major implications to the interpretation of the historic data from the mine. In most cases, the historic operator reported drill core and channel sample assay results for only intersections of quartz and rarely conducted sampling of the adjacent material. If there are important gold values in the adjacent wall rock, the historic sampling would have greatly underreported the gold grades of the mineralized veins."
If the engineering firms like Amec and Pease also used quartz vein based mineralization for their estimates, things could get fascinating as drilling progresses.
The concept of mineralization being located close to the (mined out) quartz veins appeared to continue with the next set of drill results, especially at the Brunswick East Block target veins:
"Drill hole B-18-04 was the first drill hole to test below the multiple parallel veins mined on the eastern side of B1600 level. This drill hole intersected four veins with significant gold values.
On the B32 Vein, an intercept of 8.0 gpt gold over 4.0 m was intersected east of the historic mine workings, between the B1300 and B1450 levels. In addition to the downdip potential of the B32 Vein, this intercept highlights the potential of significant mineralized material remaining in the levels above B1600 level, in and around the historic mine workings and stopes.
On the B10 Vein, two closely spaced veins assayed 4.0 gpt gold over 2.8 m and 4.4 gpt gold over 3.0 m. The two intercepts are located immediately below the B1600 level. Historic mining (stoping) occurred along the B1600 level, immediately above the intercepts."
For clarity, the mentioned 1600 number is 1,600 feet below ground level, which is slightly over 500m. The results above are an example of the mentioned en echelon vein sets, and there are many of those, mined and currently being discovered. Because of these results, management expects that former operators have left a lot of mineralization at these levels, which aren't very deep relatively speaking.
The next drill result also handled the Brunswick vein system, and reported B-18-05, again containing multiple mineralized intercepts, indicating several stacked veins:
Visible gold was also detected in the B40 vein, and management was excited to see wider mineralization as well. The average grade of this vein didn't surpass economic viability in itself, but it could be an interesting "pathfinder" vein, leading up to better mineralization. This hole returned more mineralization at great depth:
These intercepts are both economic although very narrow. Again, the minimum mining width is 2m, so average grades of 46g/t and 30.5g/t over 2m is very good.
It got CEO Mossman to comment on the results like this:
"These deep drill intercepts demonstrate the large exploration potential of the Idaho-Maryland Gold Project. To be able to hit deep high-grade gold mineralization with a single blind hole speaks to the great strength of this gold system. Rise has intersected multiple zones of important gold mineralization in all five holes completed to date. This deposit is known for hosting exceptionally continuous gold veins and every drill hole reinforces our belief that the Idaho-Maryland is one of the most exciting high-grade gold projects in America."
Usually with these very short intercepts it is a case of nuggety mineralization, but as Amec mentioned in their reported, the type of mineralization of these deposits tends to be very continuous and extends very deep. This is exactly what we are seeing now, and this gets management excited as well.
To get a bit of a visual on the results so far, here is a section:
It might be that Rise Gold hit the earlier mentioned converging feeder structure at depth, as conceptualized by Bateman many years ago. In a long section also including the latest intercepts, things are shown like this:
This is all very encouraging in my view. Bit by bit the story gets more and more interesting, only reinforced further by the latest set of results, released on December 13, 2018:
For the first time the company intercepted the earlier mentioned stringers with visible gold, and again when recalculating the high grade 0.5m intercept for a minimum 2m mining width the resulting grade is very economic at 547.5g/t. An intercept of 6.8m @ 149.3g/t would have been very good as it implies more continuity (veins have a tendency to pinch and swell a lot), but the beauty of this type of geology is that the continuity is very good. As the shorter intercept (0.5m @2190g/t) contains more gold than the longer intercept (6.8m @149.3g/t) which it is part of, I asked CEO Mossman for an explanation. He stated that they rounded the widths in the news release to one decimal. The work done at site is in feet. So this interval was 1.5 ft which is 0.457 m. Since the assay is so high this couple centimeters causes the rest of the interval to show as a negative grade in a calculator. We will post the results to 2 decimals in the future. I pasted the interval into the doc below so you can see the entire detail:
HoleID SampleID From To Length Description Au_ppm
I-18-10 Y973269 987.765 988.299 0.533 Irregular qtz veining with strong alteration/pyritization 5.56
I-18-10 Y973270 988.299 988.847 0.549 As above 10.20
I-18-10 Y973271 988.847 989.823 0.975 Scattered veinlets, weak alteration 1.92
I-18-10 Y973272 989.823 990.783 0.960 Single narrow qtz carb vein, weak pyritization. 1.26
I-18-10 Y973273 990.783 991.911 1.128 Scattered veinlets, weak alteration. 0.02
I-18-10 Y973274 991.911 992.901 0.991 As above 0.00
I-18-10 Y973277 993.419 993.877 0.457 3cm qtz vein with much visible gold. 10% pyrite in wallrock 2190.00
I-18-10 Y973279 993.877 994.578 0.701 Qtz carb veinlets; weak alteration 5.20
On a map, the location of the latest drill results of the 52 Vein target can be visualized:
Not all results are that good, but keep in mind that the nearby historic results (6.1m@ 4.1g/t, 13.3m@ 5.4g/t and 9.1m@ 16.5g/t) are certainly economic, providing a vein strike length of at least 100m at this location.
This drilling at depth takes up a lot of time and resources, but if Rise Gold manages to come close to the historic resource estimates, let's say they prove up 1Moz of high grade mineralization, a re-rating can be expected, as their EV per oz would be in the range of US$10-15/oz, assuming more dilution. The average for this metric for explorers with a resource currently hovers around US$45/oz, according to this Haywood Securities table, part of their most recent Weekly Dig update:
This table contains outliers in both directions, so I believe this figure to be pretty accurate. If the directional drilling of Rise Gold proves to be successful, and a 1Moz is in the cards, then I don't see a reason why this stock wouldn't at least double from here. Management is convinced there is much more gold left in the old underground workings and below this, it's up to them to show the world what the Idaho-Maryland really contains at depth.
After completing 11,610 m of drilling, it appears that Rise Gold is hitting gold everywhere it looks. This in itself is pretty rare, and especially the economic intercepts at depth indicate large mineralized potential. Historic resource estimates point into the direction of 1Moz, but management thinks there could be more. The Rise Gold story with its roots in the fascinating, distant past is coming together nicely now, after hitting lots of veins, acquiring two rigs, raising lots of cash, attracting two strategic parties of which one is well-known producer Yamana Gold, and assembling a very experienced group of people. Because of the deep exploration, things will likely not advance very quickly, but with this type of backing there will be no shortage of financial and technical support, and Rise Gold should be able to advance Idaho-Maryland slowly but surely into a significant deposit in my view.
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Former Idaho-Maryland Mine; Brunswick mine shaft


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